Predicting how bad the bends will be
Credit: Laurens Howle, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers have created a new model for predicting decompression sickness after deep-sea dives that not only estimates...
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YouTube users be aware: Your viewing habits can be tracked
BEER-SHEVA, Israel...March 15, 2017 -- Despite YouTube's attempts to safeguard user anonymity, intelligence agencies, hackers and online advertising companies can still determine which videos a...
Lyncean Technologies signs AXT Pty Ltd as representative in Australia and New Zealand
Lyncean Technologies, Inc., manufacturer of the Lyncean Compact Light Source (CLS), today announced the signing of AXT Pty Ltd as their exclusive representative in Australia...
Fossil or inorganic structure? Scientists dig into early life forms
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- An international team of researchers discovered that inorganic chemicals can self-organize into complex structures that mimic primitive life on Earth. Florida State...
Detecting blood clot risk using biomarkers
Cancer is one of the hardest medical conditions to overcome, and for those who do so, the battle often does not stop at remission. Many...
When proteins court each other, the dance moves matter
Credit: Reprinted with permission of Biophysical Journal. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- At every moment inside the human body, a carefully choreographed dance is being performed. Proteins...
Wildly stronger sunflowers
Credit: Laura Marek Beauty and utility in one bright package, sunflowers are one of just a few commercial crops with origins in the United States....
Soft coral exhibit strikingly different patterns of connectivity around British Isles
Credit: Dr. Jamie Stevens The evolution of land animals has been shaped by barriers such as oceans and mountains which have divided them and sent...
Novel mechanism that detains mobile genes in plant genome
Credit: Hokkaido University Transposable elements (TEs), also known as mobile genes, are considered parasites of host genomes because they act as powerful mutagens. If not...
Researchers mapped interactions of key group of human proteins, the protein phosphatases
Credit: Markku Varjosalo Coordinated activities of protein kinases and protein phosphatases ensure phosphorylation homeostasis and amplitude of signaling response, and understandably its imbalance ..
Making vanilla flavoring with less pollution
In small amounts, vanilla flavoring enhances the taste of our baked goods, desserts and ice cream. But making it synthetically, which is the most common...
Fighting MRSA with new membrane-busting compounds
Public health officials are increasingly concerned over methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The bacteria have developed resistance to a number of treatments, even antibiotics of last...
Method could speed up design of more eco-friendly fabric softeners
In the 1960s, the introduction of fabric softeners transformed rough, scratchy clothes into softer, more comfortable garments. But recently, the products' popularity has dipped in...
Foreign graduate students and postdocs consider leaving the US
On March 6, President Donald Trump signed a second executive order to suspend immigration from six predominately Muslim countries, this time excluding Iraq from the...
Quantum movement of electrons in atomic layers shows potential of materials for electronics and photonics
Credit: Frank Ceballos | University of Kansas LAWRENCE - Common sense might dictate that for an object to move from one point to another, it...
